Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-11
ruE OLD SETTLER.
o,ss.w s.It Pays to Be Polite"
inc Delusion and a Snare.

"a is" ,.rked the Squire one day, az
po"e, ,no old Settler and come OF the
Re aD we're gathered around the nre al .ne
". A stranger had driven "p'
.'nnpd from his WAGON entereu sn eo,'od
juDfer I'D after warming himself, asKeu
IOjm' any Stickdddle lived-Uncle 1ou
where al, JG who made 5000 by ouyins
stich n'!u shpe pelts, and lives on Ine ,n
ana 9oD,' his money. 1t was dlincuiC W go
ter eStiT BY word, so the lanG.plu nS1
dI ITCsd clear out to the corner Vi VIC
war 40 be could show Tue Tfa T"h
r IN any trouble, wnere o" thougbt
wltlo" Some one had said thai De Inoue ~
l.Veo' , I was taking good aeal OF
the ann ann man he didn't know any
pains bout and it was then Vnat tue
thlnE d remarked that no one ever 1851
cqSfbirr by being polite. ;a ora
sny'n,n'S o,t 40 sure bout that" saio one
~ hovs. "That stranger iookea ="
Of the Wv newt ha' asst us to heV sum.
me ~ ne soon. if the Ian 'iOrd hadn't ma
INN ouddent with his p'ltteness."
Den ..S ~ said the Squire; aye 'hihh
so" ., exclaimed the Old
e..I"r s.Course he thinks sol 1 were
&c, on the pint o. astin' me sCLansei
gJ,.Nor he mowt be balm from, "n"r
hort o, pullin' fer, an "'at weLo 'ne ~. ~
polN tr,t The c'mun'ty were takln' an
wins ~ him. an, arter ansWerln me-
~, ,t ,a, ast me wat the prospects was
S t. ~" =" hara fer winter crops, am wDutner
, 0Vo he could strike up a good ulcker
, 'nnOosses-strangers alluz asts tnaC wen
~ ooma through here this time o. wear
n Mn, "a ha' TOP him bout that rlngoone
lnon .; lack Limetrie's, an 'Oout tne
uiaiI tracked colt that Sam Fargle
49, m cit up deal fer, an so put tn'
'.'spyor on mis- guard. BY this tlme he,u
ba, seen int ne was in tne mans LIS
triends am arter bit he'd ma saio;
".Well. come, boys! wat a. 20 goih'er
heyT ,hornered arter
.Aot ~, wen that were over, then he'd
ha' inquired for Uncle Joo oticSn" S
40, tha lsn,lord could ha' walked from
Snro IN the oil, mans house with him. II
ia ba, wanted to, an be burned to him!
Tbnz difern't kinds o. p'liteness. MY
lind ia rood TO play any time, but the
ionoer We nut the lan'lord's kind or, the
bntfer fer the c'mun'ly in ginerl, o'goso,
on; fer the comply that's present Wen
itsused. in pertic'lar:"
1Rrt Major" the Squire began.
But not6in'W exclaimed the Old Set.
tler. cutting him off short. but nothln'!
Yon saw tht a feler don't lose n'tblD by
helm, plite. | think th't We see
now how a feller kin lose sum
min, by 1t. all the same, an II thuz
a leler in the house th't didn't want 10
Lose it. I'd like to bet little sumpin' th't
that feler's you. But Pm agoiner show
We, b'gosh th't faint no uncommon
ming fer teller to lose sumpin' by bein'
Rite, an kin do it by few sac's an
hone th't everybody here, Especially our
1'lite lan'lord will recOmember 'em.
"W'en our folks lived back IN the Sugar
Swamp deestric' long fore any o. you
bows was born, tn was family lived
pish 10 Us by the name of Grubbs. You
mowt think from their name th't they
never had come from noWhar, but had
list sprung right up outen the grOun' o.
Sugar SWAMP, nat'ral ike, same as Chess
Eut sapln's; but thar yen be wrong.
Them GTubbses came from Jobst0Wn, N.
j., ar was consId'able some punkins.
They fetched with 'em bifalutln'
idees O. dom things, am tried to
make 'em grow in our deestric', but
the siIe o. Sugar Swamp WANT quite
rich enough fer 'em TO get good start in,
an they wilted an quit sprOutin' fore
long, same az Early tmater plants mowt,
II they was sot out in q gravel bed. But
they was awful p'lite folks, Especially
young Ben Grubbs. FYe heard say that
Ben was so durn p'iite int wunst he
were standin' by the barn door ez flock
o. geese was passn' III through. EZ a
goose d go In it ID duck its head, ez you
know geese allus will, am of'd come old
Bens OF straw hat, an ned bow like a
dancin' master. An' thar be stood,
b'gOsh, an bowed ev'ry one O tnem geese
inter the barn, be were 80 p'lite.
wall, TWO or three year arter the
Grubbses begun TO till the sile In Sugar
swamp deestrlc' tn were a nice, slick
lookin' stranger found his way in thar
one fall. He were lOokin' fer lumber
tract th't lay of s0me'rs in the woods. he
sad. lie happened to strike the Grubbs
plantation, an' Told his errand in that.
nelghoOrhOOd. Ben Grubbs were list
PlIte enough to knock OFF plowin' ter rye,
an to hitch up his boss an lug the stran-
ger round the deestriC' till they foun' the
tract he were l0Okin' fer. Wen they got
PACK hum the slick stranger toP Ron th't
ned neerd O. lots an gobs o. things th'L
had s'prlsed him, but th't sech p'liteness
~ Deh's, way out 'mongst the bars an
,ne ousnWhackers, were sumpIn' th't had
SHocRed MIN 80 fur outen his bearin's th'b
ue couiGn't Tell witch way ne we're p'inted.
- teller never loses nuthin' by bein'
me- SAID Ben, grinnin' like Glossy
car, he were so bang-up tickled
IGe upsh0t o. the strangers visit an,
sens p'hteness were th't Ben greed
" NUM- up the owner o. the lumber tract.
uuy IL ez the strangers agent, an hold il
a.! ;el nIh VII ne got back, witch were to be
~ TWO or three weeks. He come back.
Sut Den nadn't got the tract Wit. the
S Smner oeih' stubborn. But il were bar
H. Ttat .l tihle, am the stranger said he'd
me me 10 go out am hunt bar. Ben riyged
nin up. an him an Ben Went ont to xiii
Ua,' Durln' the day Ben. who were log
ni a'ong at Inc loot OF ridge, come
pump Onter big bar settin' on a log
Iookln' sassy and willin, fer a fiyht Ran
T vouiu ma popped him full o. lead an, set.
ueu The futur right then an, thar hnt
.aSI wouldn't ha' ben p'lIte, We see. ez inc
stranger were his guest. an; so n, c"urso
must hev the FIRST shot at the h,ar IT,,
ss!tanger-I b'lIeve his name were Struo
..le-were sloshin' 'roun' In the brush or
we top o. the ridge. Ben hollered 10 him
". W come down, an he did. He didp,t see
'Ne ar I'LL ne got 'long-ide % Ben.
AFTER yOuv says Ben to StrnhIe ,oL
the bar. "n Pihtin TO
no., he;o.o.o-o-or yelled struble. ez ba
soe the par, an droppin' his nm sLinnad
sTay from thar an, no thai scruH, oe,'
ii1oge ike clap-board in a gale Re-
r,,t.F, arter hin IN s'prise. an, the b,sr
si,,n hls mad up at sech monkey shines
go two Jumps, an without waitin, ~
A. neh pardon, buckled inter him from,
we WORD 20, and wen Son, Si,ir, ~" IN